Description
Now substantially revised by Edward Snow, whom Denise Levertov once called far and away Rilke's best translator, this bilingual edition of The Book of Images contains a number of the great poet's previously untranslated pieces. Also included are several of Rilke's best-loved lyrics, such as Autumn, Childhood, Lament, Evening, and Entrance.
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 06/01/1994
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780865474772
ISBN10: 086547477X
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | German
About the Author
Edward Snow has received the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for his many renderings of Rilke. The author of A Study of Vermeer and Inside Breughel, he teaches at Rice University.